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Something a bit different this week, rather than reviewing a book, I’m looking back at a whole genre – the annual – and highlighting my favourites. In the 1970s, one of the must-have stocking filler presents for most children was an annual – no, not a bedding plant, a yearly book published (usually) by one [...]
Online television has gone from strength to strength over the last couple of years, with more and more people doing at least some of their viewing online. In part one of this series I looked at services which offer content from one provider, in this second part I’m going to talk about what I’m calling [...]
The introduction of faster broadband has led to more and more people watching television online, and a variety of services have sprung up offering a wide range of programming. It’s now possible to watch anything from live sporting events, to back-to-back episodes of a favourite series. However, not all online television services are created equal; [...]
For over a year, it has been rumoured that The Vampire Lestat, the second of Anne Rice’s vampire novels is to be made into a film starring Robert Downey Jr in the title role. So far, no firm news about filming or a release date, but I thought it was time to take a look [...]
Geraldine Brooks’ novel, People of the Book, was published in 2008, and tells the story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a medieval Sephardi prayer book which was smuggled out of Spain in 1492 following the expulsion of the Jewish population. Although the prayer book is real, and can currently be seen in the National Museum of [...]
Nowadays, public information films (PIFs) tend to be expensive and well produced, and usually promote health messages – such as, advice about giving up smoking. However, back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the films were very different. Often made on a low budget, they covered a much wider range of topics, for example: child safety, [...]
